# Ebay phishing "By this message we report you" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 25, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-phishing-by-this-message-we-report-you/374116 "2006-09-25T20:32:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-phishing-by-this-message-we-report-you/374116/1 "2006-09-25T20:32:01Z")
I was just reading my emails, and a lovely little eBay phishing email had showed up. I needed a chuckle. I thought I’d share the lovely verbage with you all. > [@](#): > > Dear eBay Member! > > Thank you for your choice of eBay. By this message we report you that our support service has found an error in your account data. We apologize for possible inconveniences but you can use your card only for identification, no charges are possible. Your billing information is meant to be stored in a safe place. To establish an account of a seller only actual debit and credit cards can be used. That’s why do verify your account information. When the payment is made automatically, get invoice and your card is charges in 5-7 days after it. Please undergo the procedure of data confirmation. You should bear in mind that account may not be recognized by non-payers and you’ll have to accept costs. > > Please, accept your data by clicking here > > Please, take this issue seriously. We assure you that these are precautionary measures for safe storage of your account data. They are taken for the sake of your account and data protection. I especially love the sentence “Your billing information is meant to be stored in a safe place.” No duh!! I see they aren’t promising to provide that safe place. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-phishing-by-this-message-we-report-you/374116/2 "2006-09-25T20:37:54Z")
\*\*That’s why do verify \*\*😕 Yeeaaah, let me get that info right away :smack: ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-phishing-by-this-message-we-report-you/374116/3 "2006-09-25T20:44:22Z")
I think even the free online translaters could do better than this. Do people actually fall for this? ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-phishing-by-this-message-we-report-you/374116/4 "2006-09-25T20:53:23Z")
Is anybody else being hit with these phishing emails more than usual lately? I’ve been getting one or two a week for the last few weeks, proposing to be from either ebay or paypal. They’re barely readable: “Mind that your account can be invalid for non-payers and your responsibility may include costs accepting.” ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-phishing-by-this-message-we-report-you/374116/5 "2006-09-25T20:56:21Z")
People from all over the world use eBay. Some of them must obviously have as much trouble with English as the phishers do, or else there’d be no target audience for these emails. ---
**Author:** ![SparrowHawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@SparrowHawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SparrowHawk)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-phishing-by-this-message-we-report-you/374116/6 "2006-09-25T21:13:39Z")
Yeah, they do seem to have stepped up. I get a lot of them and I don’t even have either an eBay or a PayPal account. I’ve also been getting a lot of crap that purports to come from various credit unions. I do have a credit union account, but it never purports to come from the one I have. And it comes to an email address I would never use for that purpose. Though I will say the English is very good on those. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-phishing-by-this-message-we-report-you/374116/7 "2006-09-25T21:18:48Z")
[QUOTE=velvetjones] I think even the free online translaters could do better than this. Do people actually fall for this? [/QUOTE] The OP, run through Babelfish into French, German and back to English: > [@](#): > > Very honoured member eBay! Thanks for their eBaywahl. By this report report we you, over that our carrier service found an error in your account data. We make apologies for possible disturbances, but you can only use yourselves your map for the identification, no costs are possible. Their account information is, in order in a safe place to be stored. An account of a real salesman output and the maps of the degree of the solvency to only set up can be used. Therefore examine your account information. If the payment is made automatically, receive the calculation, and your map is costs in 5-7 days after it. Experience please the procedure of the data confirmation. They would have to be the opinion that the account cannot to be identified to costs have to accept by non debtor, and you. Please if your data in here accept cliquant please, take this exit seriously. We ensure you that there is safeguards for the safe storage of your account data. They are taken for your account and data protection. I think this one actually makes more sense.